1990 Aug 20 - 1990 Aug 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3077
Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 24)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 370 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 101 - 120 of 122
Date |
Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Jordan: refugees") [Gulf crisis: addressing MT concern; permission to spend £0.5m] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 note to MT (Gulf crisis) [summary of overnight telegrams; US Armoured Division not arriving till EARLY OCTOBER] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Muscat telegram to FCO ("Vice-Chief of Defence Staff's visit") [account of requests to Sultan by Dick Cheney; Omanis fear being "swamped by US forces"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Minor | Gulf War: Francis Maude letter to John Wakeham ("Iraq/Kuwait - International Energy Agency") ["further meeting... next week to review the market situation"; registers Treasury interest] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 briefing for MT (Gulf Support Group Helpline) ["formed about 10 days ago... for those who have friends or relatives trapped in Iraq or Kuwait"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Abu Dhabi telegram to FCO ("UAE/US relations: Cheney's visit") ["US riding high. Seeking UAE increased oil production and support with defence costs"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: King PS letter to No.10 ("UN embargo: enforcement action") [completes formulation of naval ROEs; MT content] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1076 to FCO (2220Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["Developments are now being dictated by the contacts between Shevardnadze and Baker"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Tom King, John Wakeham, Patrick Mayhew, William Waldegrave, Percy Cradock, CDS) ["Iraq/Kuwait: meeting of Ministers"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Iraq/Kuwait: meeting of Ministers, 23 August") [UN; sanctions; additional forces; rules of engagement; UK citizens; embassies; King Hussein peace mission; US; oil situation; press conference] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1067 to FCO (0320Z) ("Anglo-Iranian relations") [UK contacts with Iranian government go "back to square one"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2020 to FCO (1900Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: Security Council resolution") ["Shevardnadze has asked Baker for another day's grace"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKMIS New York telegram 1072 to FCO (1635Z) ("Iraq/Kuwait: next steps") ["[US] not sure of Soviet motives... impending Baker/Shevardnadze telephone conversation"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Iraq/Kuwait: views of Soviet MFA: 23 August") [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKE Bonn telegram 1056 to FCO (0915Z) ("German reaction to Gulf crisis") [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("NATO consultations on Iraq/Kuwait") [Iraqi capacity for offensive action increased; further US shopping list for Western military cooperation; foreign nationals; unanimity on maintaining embassies in Kuwait after 24 Aug; Arab reactions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Minor | Gulf War: UKE Baghdad telegram to FCO ("Kuwait - Baghdad convoy") ["All UK and LE staff... arrived safely"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Minor | Gulf War: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Rules of engagement") [possible use of Kuwaiti planes by Iraq] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Hawke) ["Lord President's visit to Australia: talks with Prime Minister Hawke" - Gulf crisis; Uruguay Round; Gorbachev; East Germany; Antarctica/environment; South Africa; Cambodia ; UK arms sales] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Aug 23 Th | Major | Gulf War: Charles Powell note to MT (Gulf crisis) [summary of overnight telegrams - UN resolution "virtually certain ... but not till Saturday"] [declassified Jul 2017] |